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Monthly Archives: June 2013

It’s vacation season, with so many out of school or just enjoying the summer and all the Reno-Tahoe area has to offer. The bad news is that this often means more road congestion just by sheer volume of visitors to our area. Mix that in with the summer road construction traffic, and you have a recipe stop and go traffic, frustrated drivers, and bad car accidents. We saw a nasty car accident recently, one of the types that can be the most fatal or injurious: a head on collision. This car accident in Northern Nevada injured three people early Wednesday morning, about 7am, though fortunately none were killed as of this writing. If you or a loved one is injured in a car accident in Washoe County or anywhere in the surrounding area, Benson & Bingham Attorneys at Law can help – contact us today for a free consultation.

This accident, the head on collision, took place on Highway 50 in Douglas County, just a little west of Zephyr Cove – a popular and busy beach, as you likely already know. According to state troopers, this injury vehicle accident occurred when a man who was driving a Cadillac sedan crossed over into oncoming traffic, for reasons that were not yet clear. He was travelling east, and struck head on into a Subaru Forester. Two children, passengers in the Subaru, were injured in minor ways and brought to the nearby hospital, Barton Memorial. The man who was driving the Cadillac which allegedly caused the accident was injured in a more serious way, and had to be air lifted to a hospital in Reno, Renown Regional Center, to be treated for his more extensive injuries following this head on car accident in the Reno area.

If you or a loved one is injured in an accident, like this car accident in Northern Nevada or any other type of personal injury in Reno or the surrounding area, Benson & Bingham Attorneys at Law can help. We offer free consultations to first off determine whether or not your injury was sustained at the fault of another, and whether or not you have a potential claim. If you do, our experienced attorneys can get you the best compensation possible following your injury automobile accident in the Reno area. Our attorneys have decades of combined legal experience; we always get the best outcome for our clients. Contact us today for a free consultation. We also cover people for all kinds of injury accidents in Las Vegas, as well, if you’re injured on vacation.

When you hear there was a 14 car accident on the freeway, you normally would think and imagine the worst – traffic stopped for hours on end, tons of property damage, and worse, like horrible injuries, and fatalities. Thankfully, almost none of that was the case recently with a car accident in Reno that involved 14 different vehicles. If you’re injured in a car accident in Reno, or anywhere in Northern Nevada, contact Benson & Bingham Attorneys at Law for a free consultation to talk over your legal options and ability to be compensated for your injuries.

This accident was reported to have started with 5 vehicles being involved in an accident in the far left hand lane of traffic headed south on U.S. 395. This was in the area just north of the Spaghetti Bowl, between the North McCarran Boulevard and Oddie Boulevard exits of the freeway. Following this 5 car pile up, 9 more vehicles ended up in some sort of accident either by swerving to avoid other vehicles or failing to slow down and causing rear-end auto accidents in this Reno freeway demolition derby. Fortunately, only one driver was said to suffer any injury in this Washoe County car accident, and it was not even serious enough for him to be taken to the hospital.

That doesn’t mean, however, that no one else will feel the aftereffects of this major car accident. Often times, neck and back injuries from these types of accidents, like this major, multiple vehicle automobile accident in Las Vegas, don’t show up for days or weeks. Be sure that you don’t sign off on not having any injuries in regards to insurance claims for at least a few days or ideally a few weeks after a vehicle accident in Reno, particularly rear-end accidents that may involve whiplash. Get checked out by a doctor if there’s any indication of injury; this is most likely covered by another party’s insurance if you were not at fault in the accident.

If there is any injury or potential injury, make sure you get legal representation. Benson & Bingham have been practicing this type of law in Northern Nevada for years; we would be happy to sit down with you for a free consultation. Our lawyers know the law, know the area, and can help you get the coverage and compensation you need following any type of vehicle injury accident in Reno, Sparks, or anywhere else in Northern Nevada. Our law firm also prides itself on our customer service, on taking care of you the client as well as your legal claim – call us today for a no obligation consultation.

Northern Nevada has seen its fair share of crazy weather recently, but none has been as destructive as the dust storm that blew through the area today, and is blamed for causing a series of car accidents near Winnemucca that killed one person, and injured many, many more people. If you were injured in this major accident, contact Benson & Bingham Attorneys at Law. Though news reports are blaming the dust storm for causing the accident, insurance claims can still be used to cover the costs of injuries to you and your loved ones, as well damage to vehicles and personal property. Our law firm knows the law surrounding these types of accidents, and can help you get the most compensation possible for your injury. Call us today for a free consultation.

In addition to the one person who was fatally injured in the series of crashes, two people suffered serious bodily injury in these Northern Nevada car accidents. The crashes were everywhere – vehicle accidents occurred in the lanes on both sides of the highway with vehicles headed in both directions, and the accidents involved single passenger vehicles as well as both trucks, tractor trailers and everything in between. The highway, Interstate 80, was closed in both ways as of recent reports, and spokesmen for the highway patrol said that the freeway was scheduled to remain closed for hours and hours, possibly all through the evening and tomorrow morning, as road crews worked to get the scene of the accident and the damage cleared away enough for vehicle traffic to resume. Vehicles would be redirected through Winnemucca, in Northern Nevada, following this car and truck accident. If you or a loved one was injured in this accident, and need a lawyer, contact Benson & Bingham Attorneys as Law today for a no-obligation consultation.

Our attorneys at Benson & Bingham have been practicing in Northern Nevada for years, with a combined legal experience of decades helping people get the compensation the need, and deserve, following vehicle accidents in the Reno and Sparks area of Northern Nevada. We know this type of law backwards and forwards, and can get you the best possible outcome for your case. We offer free consultations, and pride ourselves on how we take care of our clients, and the high number of free consultations we have had over the years from previous, satisfied clients. Call us today to begin the end of your pain and aggravation.